19) Which of the following comes closer to your own personal opinion? (CHILDHGR)

TOTAL

%

1) Children are hungry because of parents who fail to take responsibility for them and government can't teach parents to love and care for their kids

478

19.1

2) Parents have a moral obligation to care for a child, but if the parent is chronically hungry, weak and unable to even stand from fatigue, they need direct food assistance so they can then get back on their feet, go to work, and care for their children

25) Indicate whether you agree or disagree with the statement. We have the experience and technology right now to reduce world hunger dramatically; what we need is the political will to reduce hunger. (POLITIC)

26) Indicate whether you agree or disagree with the statement. There should be major new efforts, led by charitable and religious groups, with some taxpayer support, to make sure that every child in America has enough to eat. (TAXPAYER)

27) Indicate whether you agree or disagree with the statement. Government programs haven't solved the problem of hungry children, so we need to reform these programs to make sure every child has healthy food to eat and parents get help to do their job better. (GOVT)

30) Indicate whether you agree or disagree with the statement. We need to do more to help feed the chronically hungry so they can then get back on their feet and take responsibility for feeding and caring for themselves and their families. (RESPONS2)

32) The following is an argument you might hear in favor of increasing funding and government support for solving the hunger problem. How convincing or unconvincing do you find each statement as an argument for doing more to solve the hunger problem? The number of hungry people throughout the world has gone down significantly in the last decade. (NUMBRDEC)

33) The following is an argument you might hear in favor of increasing funding and government support for solving the hunger problem. How convincing or unconvincing do you find each statement as an argument for doing more to solve the hunger problem? Improving nutrition programs for low-income American families will help children learn in school. (NUTRITN)

34) The following is an argument you might hear in favor of increasing funding and government support for solving the hunger problem. How convincing or unconvincing do you find each statement as an argument for doing more to solve the hunger problem? Six million children die each year in poor countries from hunger-related causes, and America has a moral obligation to try and fight hunger throughout the world. (MORAL)

37) [IF 'NOT VERY SUCCESSFUL' OR 'NOT AT ALL SUCCESSFUL' SUCCESS] What do you think is the most important reason why you believe that humanitarian aid and development assistance programs to poor countries have not been successful? (SUCCESS2)

TOTAL

%

1) Politics (in general)

147

17.3

2) Political favors expected, too many strings attached, etc.

17

2.0

3) Corruption

275

32.3

4) Waste, inefficiency, bureaucracy, too much overhead

208

24.4

5) Not enough aid and assistance from the United States and other countries

45

5.3

6) Failure of people in poor countries to know how to use aid, poor choices made by the people who receive aid

38) [IF 'NOT VERY SUCCESSFUL' OR 'NOT AT ALL SUCCESSFUL' SUCCESS] What do you think is the most important reason why you believe that humanitarian aid and development assistance programs to poor countries have not been successful? (SUCCESS3)

TOTAL

%

1) Politics (in general)

5

7.2

2) Political favors expected, too many strings attached, etc.

2

2.9

3) Corruption

25

36.2

4) Waste, inefficiency, bureaucracy, too much overhead

18

26.1

5) Not enough aid and assistance from the United States and other countries

4

5.8

6) Failure of people in poor countries to know how to use aid, poor choices made by the people who receive aid